WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2025

barbiecat
barbiecat Posts: 17,281 Member
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:) Welcome to the new year---the ultimate clean slate

:) Whether you make plans, goals, resolutions, or create new systems or just put one foot in front of the other, this is a good place to share your journey with a supportive community.

:) Be sure to bookmark the page so you can find us again.

:) It helps if you sign your post with a name or nickname and a location, general or specific. It helps us to know each other better.

:) I like to start my day by reading this thread. It helps me remember that people care about me and I am supported in my very important life journey.

:) My word for 2025 is "enough". I have what I need to build the life I need

<3 Barbie in NW WA
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,743 Member
    Thank you Barbie ... and I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
  • Rosemarie2972
    Rosemarie2972 Posts: 506 Member
    Barbie: Thank you for posting the 2025 Thread! You are in my thoughts and prayers. I just posted a fairly long post finishing December 2024. Again I wish everyone a Happy New Year as best as can be for the circumstances they find themselves in!

    Best,
    Rosemarie from GA
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,183 Member
    Thanks Barbie
    Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers !!
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,987 Member
    <3
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,304 Member
    (((Carol)))
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,183 Member
    Well here in the states its almost midnight on the East coast! HAPPY NEW Year!!
    We have thunderstorms and its raining..and a few people are popping off fireworks in the rain..but hopefully the rain deters that..
    Im hoping 2025 is a healthy and happy new year to one and all.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,300 Member
    fireworks started about half hour ago- just before 9PM.
    Good thing dh is a sound sleeper- he will be getting up in an hour and a half to go to work.
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,091 Member
    <3
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,406 Member
    Happy new year all !

    751751
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,823 Member
    Tracey - Isn't it wonderful how the kids are undaunted by all those instructions. :D It all seems to make perfect sense to them, at a glance. Plus they haven't our fear of making mistakes. Michaela will go far. :D<3 The shelves look great! So glad you had a good visit. <3

    It's a new year, and so far I have zested two lemons and squeezed three. They are soaking in the icing sugar before I whip the cream. It's a no-stir ice cream from Nigella. Dessert for Burns Night.

    Now to start the next chapter of my book. I'm just going to ramble until I find a thread! :p

    Love to Barbie. I've been on this thread over twelve years.

    Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,823 Member
    Here are some fun suggestions for brightening up 2025. :p

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/01/101-ways-healthier-happier-five-minutes

    You're welcome. Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,743 Member
    Goal ideas ... :)

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    And more goal ideas ...

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    Machka in Oz
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,682 Member
    :)
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,765 Member
    Happy New Year!

    Barbie Thank you for leading us into the New Year and New Month. You truly are an inspiration to us! Hugs for you as you navigate this next chapter in your life.


    10 hours of training yesterday for work! Found out on December 9th that I had 4 training modules due on the 31st. These were ones I did 2 years ago for work, but they changed their training system. Some of the modules I was able to test out of which means I retained some of it. Not bad for someone who rarely has her hands on a mower these days! DH actually waited until I was done with it to bring me an alcoholic beverage. We then watched Fast Five (a Fast and Furious movie) and toasted in the New Year. It was a good day. Not much movement, but met a goal. I did ask my DH if he ever thought he would have spent 30 New Years with the same lady? His response was yes when we were sitting on the porch swing shortly after we got together and he told me he would take care of me for life. So Sweet! I don't remember it, but will now! He really was a playboy before we met.

    Carol Prayers and hugs for continued healing for DH! That is so scary.

    Ginny Our news hasn't said anything yet about accumulation amounts, that was what two people have told me though. Tuesday is also a WFH day for me-kind of....The kittens are being spayed on Monday and it is suggested that they be under supervision for first 24 hours home. I told them I was staying home that day. I will use that day for work training stuffs. I too wanted to balance checkbooks before New Year, but didn't complete. So will do that today. House is picked up but needs dusted and it is laundry day. Strange but another system that fell into place. I chose Wednesdays for laundry and bed changes as we rarely have anything going on those evenings. It also frees up the weekend for whatever plans. Slowly but surely getting some systems in place. :)

    Tracey I am glad to see someone else with evening care routine listed! I thought I was the only one who struggles with that!

    Machka Thank you for the Gentle Goals.

    Make the best choices you can today!
    Be kind to yourself!
    Have a wonderful day!

    Love,
    Kylia in Ohio
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,743 Member
    Day 1

    Since it was blowing a gale again and threatening rain, I figured I'd do a walk/jog rather than go cycling. I jogged (slowly) for 1.7 km of the 5.3 km distance, and walked (briskly) the rest of the distance. That's better than my first attempt at jogging in recent months which took place about a week ago. I got home just as it started to rain again.

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    I have been working on the bedroom and dressing room sorting, organising etc.

    Yesterday, I hung all my decorative, dressy scarves (not winter scarves) on the line outside to blow around in the wind, and even left them overnight only bringing them in before the first band of rain today. They do smell less of dust and more of outside now! They live on a coat rack in the dressing room in case I need them. I used to use them quite regularly when I was cold but I haven't been cold since 2016. Nevertheless, they look nice on the coat rack in the dressing room and it's possible I could be cold one day again.

    Today I've been going through purses/handbags and taking stuff out of them.

    Just continuing what I've been doing throughout this Christmas break.


    Machka in Oz


  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,743 Member
    edited January 1
    2025 Goals

    My 2025 goals are a continuation of my past goals based on my ToDo list and my 50Things list with reference to a Wellness Wheel.

    Upcoming Appointments - these are at the top of my list. The things I need to deal with in the next few weeks.

    Intellectual/Occupational/Financial or Education/Career: Advancing my career. Moving from reasonable to proficient at SQL. Improving my knowledge of data analyses. Brushing up on cost accounting.
    Also, I want to have a closer look at our financial situation to see where we can save money and to make sure we're on top of things. There is one thing in particular I need to review soon.

    The goal is to expand my skillset and to improve our financial situation.


    Medical: I want to create medical record binders (and on the computer) for both of us, in case something happens. But hoping that we have minimal medical issues this year.

    The goal is to keep us as healthy as we can be and to ensure we have information at our fingertips.


    Fitness/Sports > Cycling > Audax Tasmania: There are a number of fitness/sport things I'd like to try, with a focus on cycling, and a large part of my cycling endeavours includes my volunteer work with Audax Tasmania ... and maybe even riding some events again myself!
    On my 50Things list I have all sorts of things like learning to swim, riding a horse for the first time, trying archery, learning to dance. Maybe this might be the year to try a bit of that. Plus I’d like to do a bit more fencing.

    The goal it to improve my fitness level.


    House > Office > Computer become more specific as they go along. I have a number of thing which need to be done in the house as I unpack and declutter, but most importantly the home office needs a whole lot of work. And along with that I need to organise the drives on my computer into a better filing system.

    The goal is to have an organised and decluttered house and computer system.
    The goal is also to ensure all paperwork is up to date and accessible by both of us.



    Garden: I would like to have my front garden plan quite well developed by the end of the year.

    The goal is to have a pleasant, creative, relaxing and functional area outside for reading, exercise and socialising.


    Spiritual: Continue to read the Bible every day. And attend church a little bit more often – we've got some plans in this regard.

    The goal is to learn, relearn, revitalise.


    Emotional/Social/Recreation: More creativity, relaxation, connections. I have all sorts of things on my 50Things list like doing more with my photography, playing the piano again, working on my website and more.

    The goal is balance. Doing a variety of things that aren't just work and education.


    Of course, I have specific details for each of these categories in my head, and written down in some cases, because I like my goals to be S.M.A.R.T.

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    Machka in Oz
  • linder4866
    linder4866 Posts: 11,469 Member
    ❤️❤️
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,323 Member
    Thank you Barbie for another clean slate! We appreciate you. Continued prayers for your new path. Hugs!!

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,323 Member
    Carol - I’m so glad you were at the hospital and your husband was able to receive quick care. What a scary time for you both.

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,304 Member
    (((Lisa)))